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Issue: Four Color #61
Publication Date: December 1944
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Issues: #61 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Santa Claus Funnies
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell BookView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 61." Code number is S.C.F. 61-4412. Copyright 1944 by Oskar Lebeck.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Title Page
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Santa Claus Funnies

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Arthur Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Santa Claus
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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O Christmas Tree

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arthur Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: Poem about Christmas trees. Words do not match the lyrics of the traditional Christmas carol "O Christmas Tree [O Tannenbaum]."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
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How Santa Got His Red Suit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Kelly
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus; Jack Frost; Bundle-Crunch; Pinkywink; Timbertop the Giant
Synopsis: Years ago, Santa did not always wear a red suit. One Christmas eve, Jack Frost steals his sleigh and toys and leaves Santa stranded. He finds refuge at a tiny house full of elves. The elves make toys for the children of the forest and Santa tries to make clothes for the elves from his own garments. The elves convince a passing giant to let them cut out an outfit for Santa from the giant's red coat.
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In Content Item: FlagBoys' and Girls' March of Comics #[2] published January 1946
as How Santa Got His Red Suit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures #1 published December 1990
as How Santa Got His Red Suit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Night Before Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Clement Clark Moore
Penciller(s): Arthur Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Text and illustrations.
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Away in a Manger

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): [Traditional]
Penciller(s): Arthur Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joseph; Mary; the Christ child
Synopsis: Illustrated sheet music for the Christmas hymn "Away in a Manger."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text, music, and illustrations.
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Miracle in the Wildwood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois
Penciller(s): Arthur Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sir Boris; Sir Karl; Brother Francis
Synopsis: Two quarrelsome knights divide the village of Benn in half. As time goes by the village falls away from the Christian religion and becomes a cruel, violent place. One Christmas a strange boy appears, who stops all the aggression in the children and leads them to the Chapel in the Wildwood. Their parents come looking for them and find the children singing hymns together. The villagers vow to change their ways and return to the church.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Script paid on March 1, 1944. Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
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The Little Fir Tree

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arthur Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, historical
Synopsis: A little fir tree is taken from the forest to become a Christmas tree.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Text story with 13 illustrations.
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Silent Night

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Mohr (original lyrics)
Penciller(s): Arthur Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mary; Joseph, the Christ Child
Synopsis: Illustrated sheet music for the Christmas hymn "Silent Night."
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text, music, and illustrations.
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The Wonderful Journey of Little Chris Kyro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois
Penciller(s): George Kerr ?; L. Bing ?
Inker(s): George Kerr ?; L. Bing ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus; Chris Kyro; Joki (reindeer); Vixen (reindeer)
Synopsis: A little boy in Lappland, Chris Kyo, lends his reindeer to Santa when Vixen is injured and goes with Santa on his trip around the world.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Script paid March 8, 1944. Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
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Why Do the Bells of Christmas Ring?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lydia Avery Coonley Ward
Penciller(s): Arthur Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mary; the Christ Child
Synopsis: Illustrated Christmas hymn "Why Do the Bells of Christmas Ring?"
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
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Jingle Bells

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Lord Pierpont (original song]
Penciller(s): Arthur Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The first verse of the song "Jingle Bells."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Text and illustrations.

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